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  So I read the the gog of magog chapters from the new restore true worship book...

  by nowwhat? in

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  and what a heaping nonsensical freddie franz like bunch of crap.

  as i told my pimi brother.

  it's all based on assumptions and assertions that the ezekiel gog of magog account has a 2nd fulfillment in our day.

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  smiddy3

  Jehovah`s Witnesses /International Bible students Association have been around since the late 1880`s ,their hey day was from around the 1950`s to the 1990`s since then it has been all down hill with all of their selling off properties ,KH`s , Branch Offices ,reduced printing of all sorts of literature ,shelving off old time Bethelites into neighbouring congregations for them to look after , amalgamations of congregations ,continually beg for money/donations ,etc,etc.

  This is not a sign of an organization religious or otherwise that is going places ,progressing and expanding ? Its a sure sign that this organization is in deep shit and is heading for rock bottom losing contributing $$$ members everyday and they are downsizing trying to stop the flow from getting any worse .

  However its out of their control you can only pull the wool over someones eyes for so long ,eventually people remove that wool and see things for what they really are for the first time .

  And then they take action to free themselves from bondage .
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  Something more than physical life.

  by Charles Gillette in

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  most every night, where i work i transport dead persons to the morgue.

  others i work with have told me that around 3:00am they hear voices in the morgue.. i asked them have they experienced something more than physical life?

  just the voices inside the cold morgue.

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  When I was a teenager and not then a JW my peers had told me about tying a piece of cotton on a gold ring and holding it steadily suspended over a photo of someone who has died and it would start to rotate in a circle or swing like a pendulum.

  I cant remember which.

  If you do the same thing with a gold ring tied with a piece of cotton suspended over the photo of a living person it will act opposite to what it does with a dead person either swing like a pendulum or rotate in a circle .

  I did it once and it was true .

  I have never tried it again

  Just saying.

  Believe it or not .

  I don`t really care.
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  Just peeking in for a bit...

  by Jidders in

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  i rather apprehensively would like to say hello.. i've been raised somewhat in the truth,one of my parents is rather rather strong in the beliefs but could honestly be considered pomi with how active they are and their side of the family comes from a line of witnesses, the other parent was but faded a long time ago.

  as such i was taught quite a bit of jw teachings between family and off and on again bible studies.

  recently i had a serious emotional break down over a few months after said pomi parent had advised me that they would not attend my wedding should that day come (i also had recieved a text from my bible teacher i hadnt heard from in a year or two giving a scripture) and it sorta all sank on me that my activity over the last few years was not really jw material.

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  Welcome jidders glad to have you on board .You can speak your mind and ask any question you like and you wont be judged or ostracized in any way.

  I second AudeSapere`s advice .

  And I would suggest you think about this simple fact .

  If the IBSA/JW`s as they are now called was approved by Jesus/Jehovah in 1919 as the F&DS class because of what they were teaching then ,

  Jesus/jehovah would be rejecting them today simply because they have abandoned most of those teachings that were taught then .

  Even with the year 1914 , what they taught and preached then is not what they teach about 1914 now .

  They are forever re-writing their own history to cover over their errors/false hoods about what is going to happen according to what the WatchTower and other publications they have produced says.

  Take care .
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  If you had to

  by rolliepollie in

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  if you had to follow one religion, what would it be and why?.

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  Maybe something like cofty said if a gun was pointed at my head otherwise just shoot me.
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  Australia Day.

  by zeb in

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  happy oz day all ye fellow aussies..

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  smiddy3

  Happy Australia day to all my fellow Aussies ,crack a VB,.Fosters,XXXX,,Swan Lager ,Tooheys,Darwin Stubbie ,NT bitter ,or even a Cascade and put some Lamb cutlets on the barbie with a Vegemite sandwich to go with it .

  
  
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  Do you believe?

  by rolliepollie in

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  do you believe in a higher power?.

  why or why not?.

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  Do you believe?

  Not in the God of the Bible ,or any other god of any other religious texts. He / She is an invention of humans.

  Every living thing on this planet lives off the life of another living thing ,devouring, eating ,consuming it.

  It`s a violent world in the animal kingdom , and the human environment .

  Christians talk about "God is Love" have they really read the Hebrew Scriptures ?

  By the way welcome to this site rolliepollie ,glad to have you on board.

  take care

  I`m the first to admit we know bugger all about the Universe now compared to what we could know in years to come , however a GOD of any sort ,I firmly believe is not going to manifest him or her self.

  God supposedly communicated with Adam

  God supposedly communicated with his Prophets

  Where is he today ?, as the psalmist said is he on the privy ? He can`t come to us right now ?
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  JW Australian Finances

  by Attewc in

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  i imagine someone has done this already, but i couldn't find it in a search.

  feel free to move to another thread if i'm posting in the wrong one.. i've been watching leah remini's scientology show (eerily very similar psychological traits to jw's) and one episode talked about how australia now requires non-profit organizations to make their finances public, so i decided to look for jw's reports.. link to jw's reports:.

  https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/db994d2f8dec3cdfdbca01e8c8e28da9#financials-documents.

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  Can someone explain the difference of 2014 and 2015 to me ? In lay man`s terms ? What happened then ?
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  Watchtower Study Edition - April 2019....Thank you for not doing enough in the field ministry

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  watchtower study edition- april 2019. are you fully accomplishing your ministry?.

  the study article starts off with praise and admiration for members who are out in the field ministry.

  the wtbts understand that you have family responsibilities, work, get sick, and have pains due to aging.

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  I`ll bet my bottom dollar that none of the G.B. ever do the equivalent hours in the D2D preaching that Special pioneers do or for that matter sit hours on end manning a literature cart speaking (witnessing) to nobody and then putting in a FS report { lying to Jehovah } that they did .

  The G.B.of Jehovah`s Witnesses today are nothing more than another TeleEvangelist sect living off the proceeds / contributions of their gullible followers.
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  Research Opportunity

  by researchstudentsophie in

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  my name is sophie mueller, and i’m currently in the class ap research.

  the aim of ap research is to have students enter into an academic conversation that exists about a specific topic or issue.

  for my research project, i have chosen to evaluate the social stress levels, or sense of belonging, within members of the jehovah’s witnesses community, due to my personal background with the religion.

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  researchstudentsophie

  Welcome r s s ,, I took the survey , I hope you find what your looking for and that this survey gives you the opportunity to advance your studies and leads you on to even better things in life .

  If you ever want to share past experiences about the JW religion this is the place to be just dont divulge anything that might identify you if you want to remain under the radar ,

  Take care .
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  JWLEAKS.ORG is back for 2019 with a Scandal

  by jwleaks in

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  yep, we are back after taking some extended time off.. the jwleaks.org website had been archived for some time.

  i was concentrating on other jw-related projects in relation to say sorry.. but the governing body of jehovah's witnesses, who no longer claim to be infallible, decided that in their fallibility the best use of 'dedicated funds' would be to launch civil action against me in a us federal court.

  to this end watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, inc., sent their attorneys after me.

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  Can you break this down into plain English for us old farts JW leaks what this actually means and its possible consequences to the WT/JW religion ?

  OK, we get that they made over 2 Billion + dollars from their sales of their properties in New York , however what is the actual scandal ?

  Pardon my ignorance about these matters .